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(AKA Miss S B and The Yorksher Gob)

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

So, the MPs expenses thing is back in the news, and we are all gnashing our teeth and the MPs are putting on their hair shirts... I thought I'd just take a straw poll. Do feel free to tell your friends to come and vote too, if you like. Please note that ticky boxes are enabled, so you can pick as many answers as you like.

I'm sure we can all agree that these things are far more important than the calculated murder of a bunch of people who, when all is said and done, were poor and African and therefore don't matter. So can we talk about something else, please? Because our work here is done - although I note we're getting no credit from the Graun.

This is just a thought, but since not many of us had heard of Trafigura before last night, it's entirely possible that we are all financially supporting their disgusting behaviour without even knowing. Would it be possible to compile a list of all the products they make a profit out of, kind of like the Nestle List, and then those who want to boycott can?

... so we used up the remains of the last one tonight. Because I have been having ARGH BAD BACK we hadn't used much of it at all. So tonight's tea was a medley of roast vegetables (carrots, parsnips, beetroot and potatoes) with mashed butternut squash. Then I ran the apples and grapes through the juicer and we're having juice and gin for pudding.

I totally had my five a day today :D

Veg box is something that might at first seem something of a luxury, given our limited budget, but it has actually reduced our food spending enormously - principally because we're guilted out of buying ready meals and stuff by the fact that we have a big pile of veg that'll go off if we don't use it. Those of you who have known me for a while will know that I used to get my veg from Farmaround North. I recently switched to Organics To You - partly because they were cheaper but also because they are more local - and have found them to be excellent. Neil is totally unfazed by being faced by me in my dressing gown and a grumpy expression of a Wednesday morning, and all of the produce so far has been of top notch quality - tasty and surprisingly long-lasting for organic stuff - and we get reasonable quantities for the price we're paying.

I'd totally recommend Organics to You for anyone who is in their delivery area, but if you're a bit further afield Farmaround were always pretty good (and deliver in London as well as Yorkshire).

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Hello! I'm Jennie (known to many as SB, due to my handle, or The Yorksher Gob because of my old blog's name). This blog is my public face; click here for a list of all the other places you can find me on t'interwebs.

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